The Verge·3 min read·hard
The war on ‘woke science’ comes for space research
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Georgina Torbet
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A proposed rule from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget could grant political appointees control over federal science funding, sparking concerns about the future of open-access research. Critics argue the move threatens peer review and restricts public access to taxpayer-funded scientific data.
The Trump administration is waging a culture war on science, and the latest salvo is in the form of a dry, bureaucratic proposal from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that could threaten the future of US science as we know it.
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